* Centralized download. Thanks to the hosting kindly donated to GRAMPS, the CD images can be downloaded via:

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* Centralized download. Thanks to the hosting kindly donated to Gramps, the CD images can be downloaded via:

** [http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/gramps/ http] protocol.

** [http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/gramps/ http] protocol.

** [ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/gramps/ ftp] protocol.

** [ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/gramps/ ftp] protocol.

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* BitTorrent download. Use these files to download and verify the CD image via BitTorrent: [http://www.gramps-project.org/download/lgenealogy-4.0-desktop-i386.iso.torrent torrent file], [http://www.gramps-project.org/download/lgenealogy-4.0-desktop-i386.iso.md5sum its md5sum], and [http://www.gramps-project.org/download/lgenealogy-4.0-desktop-i386.iso.md5sum.gpg its gpg signature]. Please keep in mind that the torrent downloads are provided by a few kind souls from their personal computers and that the speed and the very availability of the torrents depends entirely on them.

* BitTorrent download. Use these files to download and verify the CD image via BitTorrent: [http://www.gramps-project.org/download/lgenealogy-4.0-desktop-i386.iso.torrent torrent file], [http://www.gramps-project.org/download/lgenealogy-4.0-desktop-i386.iso.md5sum its md5sum], and [http://www.gramps-project.org/download/lgenealogy-4.0-desktop-i386.iso.md5sum.gpg its gpg signature]. Please keep in mind that the torrent downloads are provided by a few kind souls from their personal computers and that the speed and the very availability of the torrents depends entirely on them.

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* Purchase a CD. An alternative to downloading the CD image is to purchase the physical CD. The CD is currently available for purchase in [http://www.cdfhs.org.au/zenshop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=16 Australia] and the [http://fstore.roitman.org/ USA].

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* Purchase a CD. An alternative to downloading the CD image is to purchase the physical CD. The CD is currently available for purchase from [http://fstore.roitman.org/ USA].

* Current and previous versions of the CD are also stored on [http://www.gramps-project.org/cdrom Gramps website]

* Current and previous versions of the CD are also stored on [http://www.gramps-project.org/cdrom Gramps website]

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* http://sourceforge.net/projects/gramps-cd/ - Sources for Live CD

* http://sourceforge.net/projects/gramps-cd/ - Sources for Live CD

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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/uck Ubuntu Customization Kit] is a tool that helps you customizing official Ubuntu Live CDs. You can add any package to the live system like, for example, language packs, applications, etc.

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* [http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/uck Ubuntu Customization Kit] is a tool that helps you customizing official Ubuntu Live CDs. You can add any package to the live system like, for example, language packs, applications, etc.

=== Ways to go ? ===

=== Ways to go ? ===

* A genealogy tablet ?

* A genealogy tablet ?

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** I wouldn't dream of doing genealogy research without a real keyboard and a big monitor.

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** A tablet may be useful for presentations (showing off). Figuring out how to install gramps (a subset) on an iPad or a Honeycomb tablet (Jython?) might be a better use of time than spinning a custom system.

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** OTOH, making a nice UI for a tablet would be an interesting project. (I can just see a bunch of people I know futzing with Gramps during sacrament meeting. <g>)

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There is a [http://wiki.openembedded.org/index.php/Required_software#OpenEmbedded.27s_Software_Requirements script] for [http://wiki.openembedded.org/index.php/Main_Page OpenEmbedded] support or [http://www.buildroot.org/ buildroot], [http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/projects/crosstool crosstool-NG], [http://www.pengutronix.de/software/ptxdist/index_en.html PTXdist], ...

There is a [http://wiki.openembedded.org/index.php/Required_software#OpenEmbedded.27s_Software_Requirements script] for [http://wiki.openembedded.org/index.php/Main_Page OpenEmbedded] support or [http://www.buildroot.org/ buildroot], [http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/projects/crosstool crosstool-NG], [http://www.pengutronix.de/software/ptxdist/index_en.html PTXdist], ...

* Our [[GEPS_013:_GRAMPS_Webapp|Web Application]] as a local application.

* Our [[GEPS_013:_GRAMPS_Webapp|Web Application]] as a local application.

In addition to the Live Session, this disk also allows permanent installation of Linux and genealogical software on your computer's hard drive. This way you achieve adequate speed and the ability to save your data, and can do real work with your Linux software. Everything is similar to the Live Session, except that this is a permanent setup.

Ubuntu Customization Kit is a tool that helps you customizing official Ubuntu Live CDs. You can add any package to the live system like, for example, language packs, applications, etc.

Ways to go ?

A genealogy tablet ?

I wouldn't dream of doing genealogy research without a real keyboard and a big monitor.

A tablet may be useful for presentations (showing off). Figuring out how to install gramps (a subset) on an iPad or a Honeycomb tablet (Jython?) might be a better use of time than spinning a custom system.

OTOH, making a nice UI for a tablet would be an interesting project. (I can just see a bunch of people I know futzing with Gramps during sacrament meeting. <g>)